In The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) a painting is stolen and folded into a briefcase. Crown doesn't even have time to remove the stretchers. The painting is later seen no worse for wear. What magic did he have in that briefcase?

Hard to imagine an art lover would fold the canvas and risk damage. Odd that such a thematic and physical error would blow by in a film with pretensions to clever characters, actions, plans and motives...
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user1932Aug 22 '12 at 0:30

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When Thomas steals the Monet in the first theft, he puts the painting with wooden canvas stretcher into his briefcase and folds it closed. When he opens the briefcase later, the canvas stretcher is not broken.